On the timelapse for this drive, I'm trying to shoot with a longer shutter to get a bit of motion blur in the shots. Problem is, we're mostly driving during very bright daylight, so even at the smallest aperture this camera can maintain and min sensitivity, the longest usable shutter is around 1/250 of a second - still too fast to get significant blur. On an SLR, the right solution would be to add an ND filter (like sunglasses, but for a camera) to knock down the brightness, but this camera has no filter mount.
...So the right solution is still to use an ND filter, but to hack it. In the earlier pictures you may have seen a filter just rubber-banded on top of the lens. That worked, but each time the lens retracted on power-down, the filter would fall off, and it's a bit of a pain to get attached again. I spent 10 minutes at True Value Hardware picking out parts and then a few minutes tonight hacking on the camera to get a slightly better solution going:
Yes, that's right. Three 10x24 machine screws held onto the camera body with Stik-Tak does, in fact, constitute a "better solution". The lens has room to move, and more importantly, the filter is no longer held up by the lens and its motor, so the camera ought to be able to power down without messing up the filter. This also means I can add a bit more force to the filter restraints without worrying about overpowering the lens motor:
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| Look, this whole setup only cost me about $50, OK? |
Nola's old roommate Jing is also visiting right now (full house!), and happens to be a great cook. Dinner tonight was Chinese food (and miso and couscous) prepared by Jing:
Tomorrow: Seattle, WA
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